Activity-Based Funding1
(ABF) is a new model for funding public health care. The Government
committed to the introduction of ABF in its “Programme for Government” and in “Future Health: A
Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service” (2012) and published details on how the model
would operate in the “Policy Paper on Hospital Financing” (2013). This “Activity-Based Funding
Programme Implementation Plan” defines the mission, objectives and high-level actions for the period
2015-2017 that will guide all stakeholders as the ABF Programme is implemented in the years to come.

Activity-Based Funding1
(ABF) is a new model for funding public health care. The Government
committed to the introduction of ABF in its “Programme for Government” and in “Future Health: A
Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service” (2012) and published details on how the model
would operate in the “Policy Paper on Hospital Financing” (2013). This “Activity-Based Funding
Programme Implementation Plan” defines the mission, objectives and high-level actions for the period
2015-2017 that will guide all stakeholders as the ABF Programme is implemented in the years to come.